Ethiopia Bound

Five days remain before I’ll be taking a 15 ½ hour flight from Washington, DC to Addis Ababa with my friends, Brad and Jean.  The three of us are going on a mission trip to work with the Moria’h Deliverance of Ethiopian Children (more commonly called Moria’h House) evangelical ministry.  This ministry provides a much needed service to many boys living on the streets of the Ethiopian capital city.  The boys range from only eight or nine years old all the way up to young adulthood.  Some have run away from difficult family situations.  Others are orphans, or children whose parents could no longer feed them.  All are perfect recipients of the care and service which the dedicated staff at Moria’h House offer by way of providing meals, counseling, academic tutoring, other forms of assistance, and most importantly, an introduction to the love and grace of Jesus Christ.

During the course of our 11 days in Ethiopia between February 27 and March 9, we will share the joy of serving our Lord with these fine people, many of whom began caring for the poor and needy among them while they themselves were yet a part of that group.  We will teach English, share Bible lessons, serve meals to dozens if not hundreds of street boys, play games, laugh and sing, pray with and simply open our hearts and minds to whatever it is God has in store for us and those with whom we come in contact.  This is a ministry run by volunteers who know beyond all doubt that the promises of Jesus Christ are real.  Even as we seek to work with them and share ourselves through faith, we will learn from these young and devoted Christians and tap into their energy.  It is infectious, you know.

We will be posting regular updates to this blog so that you can be a part of our experiences in as close to real-time as possible.  Join us as we learn about love and grace in action, and add your smiles to the boys of Moria’h House, especially once we've taught them to play American football!  Or perhaps you will be laughing instead at our attempts to keep up with them playing Ethiopian football (soccer).  Either way, our journey will be enlightening, thought-provoking, exciting, joyful, spiritual and probably many more adjectives that will come forth in future posts.  Stay tuned.